Red Square, the colorful St Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin may be the traditional images of Russia, but the country is also investing in a series of technology parks, such as one at Dubna, about 75 miles outside Moscow, as it bids for a slice of the global IT outsourcing market.
Russia's share of that market is still fairly small--about $1 billion in 2005--but the strength of the country, according to its politicians, IT vendors and academics, is not in low-cost commodity work but more specialist, high-end tasks.
This is where Russia's strong mathematical and scientific educational background will be an advantage. Just last month, Hewlett-Packard opened a new research lab in St Petersburg, citing the quality of Russian scientists and engineers.
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